WASHINGTON - DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 2015 National Drug Threat (NDTA), which found that drug overdose deaths are the leading cause of injury death in the United States, ahead of deaths from motor vehicle accidents and firearms. In 2013, more than 46,000 people in...

PHOENIX - DEA announced today, the results of an investigation of an Allentown, PA, based chemical company, who pleaded guilty to six charges including failing to report the disappearance of shipments of (MMA), a precursor for the manufacture of methamphetamine. Taminco US, Inc. (“Taminco”) has also reached a settlement with...

WASHINGTON - The Drug Enforcement (DEA), Immigration and Customs (ICE) Homeland Security (HSI), Customs and Border (CBP), along with other federal, state, and local law enforcement today concluded a 15-month, nationwide drug interdiction effort that resulted in 151 arrests in 16 states. The enforcement action, known as Project Synergy III...

PHOENIX - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) finalized the collection and tally of prescription drugs turned in this past Saturday by citizens across Arizona in conjunction with DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In all, over 10,601 pounds of controlled substances were removed from homes throughout the state in a...

WASHINGTON - Thousands of Americans in communities across the country discarded more than 350 tons of unused, expired, or unwanted drugs as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day (NTBI) on Saturday, September 26. This past weekend, more than 3,800 federal, state and local counterparts took...

WASHINGTON - The new head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) Office of Diversion Control met with the agency’s registered pharmaceutical manufacturers, importers, and exporters this week to discuss how they can prevent pharmaceutical diversion while minimizing the impact on legitimate commerce. Almost 300 registrants attended the conference held September...

PHOENIX - DEA officials today announced a nationwide series of enforcement actions targeting every level of the global underground trade of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, the vast majority of which are manufactured and trafficked from underground labs in China. DEA-led Operation Cyber Juice - comprised of over 30...

PHOENIX - The DEA Phoenix Division announces the sentencing of Edward Jack Sayegh, M.D. to four years in prison, after the Phoenix area doctor pleaded guilty to multiple charges including conspiracy, fraud, and multiple drug diversion charges following a long-term investigation into his medical practice, Arizona Family Medicine. In February...

(WASHINGTON - DEA officials today announced a nationwide series of enforcement actions targeting every level of the global underground trade of anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, the vast majority of which are manufactured and trafficked from underground labs in China. DEA-led Operation Cyber Juice comprised of over 30 different...

TUSCON, Ariz. - The DEA Phoenix Field Division announces the guilty plea and sentencing of Ilda Mirim Garcia today, for her role in assisting with cosmetic surgeries without having any medical education, training or licensing. Garcia, who was sentenced to seven years in prison, was part of an illicit business...